Psychology Assignment
Anthony Cervantes
DeVry University

Psychology assignment
Operant conditioning is largely governed by the consequences associated with the environment. Example-A child who is beaten every time its mother, will cry when it sees the mother take a stick even if the mother is not intending to beat the kid.
Cognitive learning is developed from abstract thinking, solving questions and any other form of reasoning required. Example- Filling a jig-saw puzzle. Observational learning is the sort of learning where after observing what other people do, you retain it and the next time you can also behave the same way. Example-The way someone walks.
Prejudice is developed through operant conditioning in that the object that instills the discipline becomes the reference point of the learner, Example- as in the case above explained for operant conditioning the child becomes prejudiced against sticks. In the case of the classical conditioning which is determined by reflex actions, the learner will be prejudiced towards that direction. Example is the Pavlov Dog.
Memory techniques for a presentation
Connection Technique-This is where you need to connect what you already know to what you are trying to know. Let’s say I want to memorize some long reference number in the program, I can relate the numbers to songs, famous years and birthdays.
Repetition- This is the method where you repeat something to yourself until it sticks in the mind. It’s a little like cramming and it does help. I would use it to memorize some of the harder terms that I need to have at the finger tips during the presentation.
Story telling technique- This is the method where you make up a story of what you want to memorize. Maybe I want to memorize a code combination like #@0014**. Then I could say, Hush, at New millennium to this year, I have seen